Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack has today been caught out talking down the Australian economy at the same time Treasurer Frydenberg was repeating his tired assertion that the Morrison Government has the “right policy settings”. When questioned on the Government’s fiscal policy this morning, Acting Prime Minister McCormack said: When you’ve got a stronger economy you

After months of inaction from the Morrison Government, the RBA Governor has taken his message to fast track infrastructure investment to stimulate our sluggish economy global. With an increasingly fragile world economy, Dr Lowe called on governments around the world, including the Morrison Government, to bring forward infrastructure spending to stimulate the economy. This latest

***Check Against Delivery*** Good morning and it’s a pleasure to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. To the Australian Logistics Council and the Australasian Railway Association, thank you for the invitation

Revelations that Hobart’s Macquarie Point Development Corporation has moved offices instead of delivering the once-in-a-generation redevelopment demonstrate the ineptitude of the Liberals when it comes to delivering the infrastructure Australia needs. The only peep out of Prime Minister Morrison on this game-changing urban renewal project for Hobart has been to incorporate the Macquarie Point Redevelopment

If you’re concerned with the amount of time stuck in traffic each day – things are only getting worse. I don’t need to tell this to the millions of Australians trying to get to work each day on congested urban roads and crowded public transport. While those Australians who live in our regions and outer

Infrastructure Australia’s third national infrastructure audit confirms the need for the Morrison Government to produce a real plan for infrastructure to protect jobs, curb rising congestion and stimulate the economy. Labor welcomes the extensive piece of work by Infrastructure Australia that includes a broad review of economic and social infrastructure and confirms the need for

In another wake up call for Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on road safety, his own Department authored a report critical of the lack of Commonwealth leadership to drive down road trauma. The key finding of the Review of National Road Safety Governance was that the Commonwealth “has not provided strong leadership, coordination or advocacy

In a further blow to Scott Morrison’s repeated refusals to fast track infrastructure investment, the Reserve Bank Governor today flagged that such decisions comes down to our aspiration as a nation. Repeating comments made earlier in the year, the Governor told the House Standing Committee on Economics that infrastructure investment is a key policy lever

***Check Against Delivery*** Good morning and it’s a pleasure to join you here today. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. To the Tourism and Transport Forum and International Association of Public Transport Australia and New

Sydney and Melbourne are set to hit megacity status by 2056 leading to a doubling in the outer suburban population and a 60 percent blowout in commute times. Analysis in the Regional Australia Institute’s Regional Population Growth – Are We Ready? report released today finds that a business as usual approach will lead to increased